. >> thank you for being with us. we will have a link to your web site freethehikers.org. sarah shourd, the american hiker arrest was shane bauer and joshua fattal, who remain in the evin prison, she came out aft 14 months. this is "democracy now!" coming up, we will be talking about the cause some -- gaza flotilla, the activists who have been trying to break the siege. we will get the latest. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. over 100 people were arrested outside the white house on monday to protest calling for the abolition of mountaintop removal coal mining. the redlining -- the rally was part of the appalachia rising, and will today event organized by residents of the appalachian communities impacted by the mountaintop removal. the protesters were detained after refusing to leave the sidewalk outside the white house fence. the nasa climatologist james hansen was among those arrested. in another major action from a group calling itself the bl